--- title: "Connect Streak and The Old Reader - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Box\" fires in Streak, your agent runs \"Update item\" in The Old Reader, or \"New item\" in The Old Reader to \"Create Task\" in Streak." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/streak-to-the-old-reader" --- # Connect Streak and The Old Reader When **New Box** fires in [Streak](https://apiant.ai/connections/streak), your agent runs **Update item** in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), or **New item** in The Old Reader to **Create Task** in Streak. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Streak **12** triggers Streak **21** actions The Old Reader **1** trigger The Old Reader **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Streak and The Old Reader to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Streak and The Old Reader can do together ### From Streak to The Old Reader - When **New Box** in Streak then **Update item** in The Old Reader - When **New email thread** in Streak then **Mark all items as read** in The Old Reader ### From The Old Reader to Streak - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Create Task** in Streak - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Update Task** in Streak Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Streak and The Old Reader ## Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 33 actions - Trigger **New Box** Triggered when a new box is added to the specified pipeline. - Trigger **New email thread** Triggered when a new email thread is added to the specified box. - Trigger **New event** Triggered when a new event occurs within any pipeline. - Trigger **New event in box** Triggered when a new event occurs within the specified box. - Trigger **New event in pipeline** Triggered when a new event occurs within the specified pipeline. - Trigger **New file** Triggered when a new file is added to the specified box. - Trigger **New Pipeline** Triggered when a new pipeline is added. - Trigger **New snippet** Triggered when a new snippet is added. - Trigger **New Stage** Triggered when a new stage is added to the specified pipeline. - Trigger **New Task in Box** Triggered when a new task is added to the specified box. - Trigger **New task in pipeline** Fires for each new task created in the selected Streak pipeline. Polls every box in the pipeline and emits each task once, identified by its task key. - Trigger **Task complete** Fires for each task marked complete in the selected Streak pipeline. Polls every box in the pipeline, keeps the tasks whose status is DONE, and emits each one once, identified by its task key. - Action **Create Box** Adds a new box to the specified pipeline. - Action **Create Comment** Adds a new comment to the specified box. - Action **Create Pipeline** Creates a new pipeline. - Action **Create Stage** Adds a new stage to the specified pipeline. - Action **Create Task** Adds a new task to the specified box. - Action **Delete Box** Deletes a box by its key. - Action **Delete Stage** Deletes a stage from the specified pipeline. - Action **Delete Task** Deletes a task by its key. - Action **Get Box** Gets a single box by its key. - Action **Get Current User** Returns the user associated with the API key. - Action **Get Pipeline** Gets a single pipeline by its key. - Action **List Boxes in Pipeline** Lists all boxes in the specified pipeline. - Action **List Fields** Lists all fields in the specified pipeline. - Action **List Pipelines** Lists all pipelines the user has access to. - Action **List Stages** Lists all stages in the specified pipeline. - Action **List Tasks in Box** Lists all tasks in the specified box. - Action **Move Box to Stage** Moves a box to a stage in the specified pipeline. - Action **Search** Searches boxes, contacts, and organizations across Streak. - Action **Update Box** Updates a box's name, notes, or stage. - Action **Update Box Field Value** Sets the value of a custom field on a box. - Action **Update Task** Updates a task's text, due date, or completion status. - Trigger **New item** Triggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription. - Action **Add subscription** Subscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder. - Action **Delete subscription** Unsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader. - Action **Get items** Returns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids. - Action **Get unread counts** Returns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend. - Action **List folders** Returns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account. - Action **List items** Returns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription. - Action **List subscriptions** Returns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon. - Action **Mark all items as read** Marks all items in a stream (everything, a folder, a subscription or a friend's shares) as read, optionally only those older than a given time. - Action **Update folder** Renames a folder in The Old Reader. - Action **Update item** Updates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared. - Action **Update subscription** Renames a subscription or moves it between folders. ## Each app on its own - [ **Streak** Streak is a flexible CRM and process management system that lives inside your Gmail inbox.](https://apiant.ai/connections/streak) - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Streak - [ **Streak to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/streak-to-stripe) - [ **Streak to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/streak-to-trello) - [ **Streak to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/streak-to-zoom) - [ **Streak to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/streak-to-typeform) - [ **Streak to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/streak-to-webflow) - [ **Streak to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/streak-to-anthropic) ## More into The Old Reader - [ **HubSpot to The Old Reader** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Salesforce to The Old Reader** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Slack to The Old Reader** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Google Sheets to The Old Reader** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Gmail to The Old Reader** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Google Calendar to The Old Reader** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-the-old-reader) Questions ## Streak and The Old Reader, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Streak? Any of Streak's 12 triggers in the catalog, including New Box, New email thread, New event and New event in box. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in The Old Reader when something happens in Streak? Any of The Old Reader's 12 actions, including Update folder, Update item, Update subscription and Add subscription. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from The Old Reader to Streak? Yes. When something happens in The Old Reader, your agent can act in Streak too. This page covers both directions: The Old Reader's triggers and Streak's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Streak or The Old Reader? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Streak and The Old Reader without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.